Gamecocks Win!

The Gamecocks played College of Charleston Wednesday night and won 6-3. That win makes Carolina 23-6 for the season and 7-2 in SEC play

This weekend the Gamecocks head up to Nashville for a three game series against Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt is 23-6 in season play as well and they are 5-4 in the SEC.

Game Times-

Friday 7PM

Saturday 3PM

Sunday 2PM

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Carolina Takes the Series Against Mississippi State

The Gamecocks played Mississippi State this past weekend. In the 3 game series, Carolina won 2 of the 3. Carolina won 10-2 on Friday night making them 21-5 and 6-1 in the SEC. Brady Thomas had two homeruns during the game. Saturday the Gamecocks lost 8-7. Mississippi State had a early lead and the Gamecocks almost came back late but it was to little to late in this game. That made Carolina 21-6 and 6-2 in the SEC. Easter Sunday, the Gamecocks didn't make the mistake of letting Mississippi hang around this time, the Gamecocks won 14-2 to win the SEC series. The Gamecocks are now 22-6 and 7-2 in SEC play.

Tonight the Gamecocks will face College of Charleston at home. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. and it will be on SportSouth. College of Charleston is 23-7.

After this past weekend the Gamecocks are ranked 8th in Collegiate Baseball, and 11th and 17th in other polls.

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Gamecocks Back on Track

Carolina beat Citadel 10-1 on Tuesday night. The Gamecocks had 5 home runs during the game! This was always Ray Tanners 600 visctory with the Gamecocks. The Gamecocks are 20-5 overall and 5-1 in the SEC.

Carolina plays Mississippi State at home this weekend. Friday night at 7 PM, Saturday at 4 PM and Sunday at 2 PM.

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Auburn Breaks 13 Game Winning Streak

Carolina took to the road this past weekend to face-off against Auburn. Carolina won friday night 11-5. Blake Cooper went for seven innings. That was his forth win of the season. 18-4 and 4-0 in SEC play.

Saturday afternoon the Gamecocks were able to hold off Auburn 2-0. Sam Dyson pitched seven scoreless innings. Sam has won two games this season. 19-4 and 5-0 in SEC play.

Sunday afternoon the Gamecocks were unable to keep the winning streak going. Carolina lost 10-6 making them 19-5 and 5-1 in SEC play.  With this lost came the end of the winning streak the Gamecocks were on.

Catch the Gamecocks in action at home Tuesday night when they play The Citadel at 7 p.m.

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Auburn

Catch the Gamecocks on the road against Auburn this weekend. Todays game is at 7:30 PM. Saturdays game is at 1 PM and Sunday's game is at 2 PM. You can watch Saturday's game on ESPN260.com or Time Warner Cable Channel 165 here in Columbia and as always you can listen to the games on the Gamecock Radio Station.

Starting SEC Play Out Strong-Swept Tennessee!

SEC Baseball was in full swing for the Gamecocks this past weekend. They opened up at home against Tennessee. After a close game the Gamecocks were able to pull out the win, 4-2. The Gamecocks are now 14-4 for the season and 1-0 in SEC play.

The Boys played Tennessee Saturday and once again had Tennessee on their tails. Tennessee was able to come back after being down by 5 to tie the game up. Luckily Jeffery Jones bat was on fire, he drove in four runs to help Carolina beat Tennessee 10-7. The Gamecocks were then 15-4 and 2-0 in SEC play!

After two close back to back games on Friday and Saturday the Gamecocks shut out Tennessee 4-0 after a rain delay. The Gamecocks are now on a ten game winning streak. Whit Merrifield and Scott Wingo both hit homeruns Sunday. The Gamecocks finished the weekend 16-4 and 3-0 in SEC play! GO COCKS!

Yesterday the Gamecocks faced off against Georgia Southern. The game went to 13 innings before the 5-5 tie was finally broke when Brandy Thomas hit a double to score three runs, the Gamecocks won 8-5. The Gamecocks are now 17-4 for the season and 3-0 in SEC play. This makes 11 games in a row for the Gamecocks, lets see if they can keep it going when they go to Auburn for more SEC play this weekend. Carolina will be going for their third sweep of the season and second sweep in the SEC!

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Catching up with USC Baseball

Carolina baseball played Clemson March 5-7th. Clemson won of the 3. Series opener the Gamecocks lost 4-3. March 6th the Gamcecocks were able to rally for a 7-5 win against Clemson and the last game of the series at home the Gamecocks were crushed 19-6.

March 9th the Gamecocks played Valparaiso and won 12-4 and on the 10th they won 7-3. Two records were set when Parker Bangs, Matt Price, and Jimmy Raven combined to have eighteen batters strike out. Also Whit Merrifield now has 26 straight games with a hit which is a school record.

March 13th the Gamecocks had a doubleheader against Brown because of a rainout on the 12th, they won both games, 8-4 in the first game and 10-7 in the second game. March 14th the Gamecocks finished the series wtih a 6-5 win in ten innings. This is the second sweep of the year for the Gamecocks.

March 16th they played Furman and won 15-0. March 17th Carolina beat Davidson 8-3.

The Gamecocks are currently 13-4 and will begin SEC play vs. Tennessee on Friday for a three game series at Carolina Stadium. Game times are: Friday 7 p.m. Saturday 4 p.m. and Sunday 1:30 p.m.

Hopefully the Gamecocks are able to stay on a roll and get their third sweep of the season and get SEC play off on a high note

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End of the Road for Mens Basketball

The Mens Basketball team finished the regular season with a win against Vanderbilt. They won 77-73 which ended their six game losing streak.

The boys went to Tennessee to play in the Southeastern Conference tournament against Alabama. After leading most of the game Alabama was able to come back and beat the Gamecocks 68-63 crushing any chance of a SEC title also ending their chance at playing in the NIT Tournament.

Devan Downy recieved several end of the year awards.

NABE All-District Squad, AP First Team All-SEC, Sprting news Forth-Team All-American and Yahoo! Sports Honorable Mention All-American

Sam Muldrow recieved All-Defensive Team.

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Rival Weekend

After rain delayed the original game set for Tuesday the Gamecocks hit the field Wednesday against Presbyterian. The Gamecocks came out strong after losing two to East Carolina. Carolina won 15-0. Whit Merrifield and Scott Wingo both homered. Carolina is ranked 15th and are 5-2 for the year.

The Clemson schedule for this weekend remains the same. Get out there Sunday and pull for the Gamecocks!

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Another Upset for the Mens Basketball Team

Wednesday night Carolina had there last regular season home game for the seniors against Alabama. The Gamecocks were upset by Alabama 79-70. Carolina has now lost six straight games. Gamecocks are now 14-15 and 5-10 in the SEC. Devan Downeys last home game will not be a memorable one. He did score 23 points.

The Gamecocks travel to Vanderbilt on Saturday at 2pm. Hopefully the Gamecocks can pull off a road win to stop this six game losing streak. The SEC tournament starts March 11th and runs through March 14th in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Blake Cooper Stays Hot, Gamecocks Don't

Friday afternoon the Gamecocks went to East Carolina to see if they could continue on their winning streak. The Gamecocks won 6-2. Blake Cooper pitched seven innings, allowing only 4 hits. He is now 2-0 this season. The Gamecocks are now 4-0 for the season.

Saturday at 2 p.m. the Gamecocks played East Carolina for game 2 of the 3 game series. Carolina lost 4-3. The Gamecocks were up by one going into the 9th inning.

Sunday afternoon the Gamecocks face East Carolina for game 3 of the 3 game series. The Gamecocks again lost 4-2.

This week schedule is:

3/2 (Tue) Presbyterian at home 7 p.m.

3/5 (Fri) at Clemson 6:30 p.m.

3/6 (Sat) Clemson at Fluor Field 2 p.m.

3/7 (Sun) Clemson at home 2 p.m.

Big home game against Clemson Sunday, get out there and pull for your Gamecocks! Nothing sweeter than beating Clemson!

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Gamecock Basketball

The Gamecocks played Kentucky Thursday night.  They were hoping for another upset but fell way short of an upset.  Number 2 Kentucky beat the Gamecocks 82-61.  With that lost the Gamecocks are 14-13 and 5-8 in the SEC.  The Gamecocks were able to keep the game in reach most of the first quarter then slowly fell behind more and more. 

Saturday night the Gamecocks played Mississippi State.  They were upset at home 76-63.  The Gamecocks are no 14-14 and 5-9 in the SEC.  This is the fifth time they have lost in a row.  It is not looking good for the Gamecocks in March.  They are going to have to win the SEC tournament to even get a look at the NIT Tournament. 

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USC Baseball Sweeps

USC baseball kicked off this past weekend. USC is picked to finish 2nd in the Eastern Division, behind Florida. LSU is picked to win the SEC championship.

The season started off against Duquesne at Carolina Stadium. The Gamecocks won 10-3 on Friday. Blake Cooper was the starting picture and went for five innings. Jeffery Jones hit a pair of home runs, one being a grand slam and Christian Walker had one home run.

Saturday the Gamecocks defeat Duquesne 13-3 at home. Jeffery Jones and Christian Walker again hit home runs. Sam Dyson was the starting picture and he struck out six in 3 innings. Five other Gamecock pitchers finished the game off.

Sunday the Gamecocks again defeated Duquesne 5-3. The Gamecocks are now 3-0 in non conference play. They will face East Carolina at East Carolina Friday at 3PM.

Jeffery Jones was names the Ag South Player of the Week. Jeffery had three home runs and ten RBI's to help the Gamecocks sweep Duquesne.

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Men's Basketball

Saturday night, Carolina was upset by number 20 Tennessee. The score was 63-55. Carolina is now 14-12 over all and 5-7 in the SEC. Brandis Raley-Ross scored 16 points to be the Gamcecock with the most points.

The Gamecocks go on the road to play the now Number 2 team Kentucky on Thursday. As we all remember USC upset the then number 1 Kentucky on January 26th. A big road win would be key to finishing the season on a high note. We have done it once, we can do it again! The game will be on ESPN2 at 9PM. GO GAMECOCKS

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Blow Out on the Road (Men's Basketball)

The Gamecocks were blown out by Arkansas on the road. The Razorbacks beat us 92-79. It was an upsetting lost because we wanted to go down there and beat Arkansas after there first lost in a while. Arkansas is the division leader so if we would have beat them it would have helped us out a lot. The gamecocks have not been lucky on the road this year.

The gamecocks have six more games until the SEC tournament starts Thursday, March 11th. The six games left are all SEC games and are very important to win. Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama at home, so get out there and pull for the Gamecocks!

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Men's Basketball

Saturday the Gamecocks faced Georgia in Athens. The Bulldogs were determined not to lose in the last minute of the game this time. Georgia beat South Carolina 66-61. South Carolina is now 14-10 and 5-5 in the SEC. Brandis Raley-Ross had 18 points in the game.

Devan Downey is up for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award. Fan voting helps him get one vote before the final committee votes. You can vote for him at: This award will be awarded to College's top point guard.

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Late Surge Helps the Gamecocks Win

The men's basketball team pulls out a win over Florida with a run in the second half. The gamecocks won 77-71 on Wednesday night at home. South Carolina is now 14-9 and 5-4 in the SEC. Devan Downey did not hit a 30 point game but him and Brandis Raley-Ross scored a combined 44 points to help beat the Gators.
Devan Downey stated on his facebook page that they were looking for revenge after they lost to Florida on January 23. The gamecocks got upset with a 3-point shot at the buzzer. The lost 58-56.

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Gamecocks vs. Gators (Men's Basketball)

The mens basketball team will play Florida tonight at home at 8PM. Carolina is currently 13-9 and 4-4 SEC. The gamecocks are 10-2 at home so far and are hoping to upset 17-6 Flordia Gators.

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Road Wins-Lady Gamecocks

The lady gamecocks traveled to Auburn last Thursday. They upset Auburn 61-58.

The lady gamecocks pulled off another on the road win against SEC team Georgia. The gamecocks won 52-42. They are currently 13-10 and 6-5 SEC! This was the second ever win over Georgia in Athens

Kelsey Bone earned her first freshman of the week for helping the gamecocks win two games on the road this past week.

Valerie Nainima was named AgSouth Athlete of the Week. She had two games back to back with more than 20 points.

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NCAA Lady Basketball

Tonight the Lady Gamecocks will be traveling to Auburn for tip off at 7p.m. Coach Staley hopes to start to change the record we have against Auburn. We are on the losing end of this match up, 13-19. The game will be on WISW 1320 AM and GamecocksOnline.com.

Tramell Williams & Cadarious Sanders (Football)

Tramell Williams, 3-star prospect, signed with the University of South Carolina today! He is ranked 9th as the best center in the nation. He is currently staying in Jacksonville, FL.
Cadarious Sanders from Georgia, also signed with us today. He is also a 3-star prospect and ranked 66th cornerback in the nation.

Marcus Lattimore (Football)

Marcus Lattimore, one of the top players in the nation, just choose to play football at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA!




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DEVAN DOWNEY (Basketball)

After two awesome games against Kentucky and Georgia, Devan Downey was name Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week, AgSouth Athlete of the Week and SEC Player of the Week.

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USC vs. Georgia (BASKETBALL)

After a huge win at home against Kentucky on January 26, USC had a nail-bitter against Georgia. After being down most of the game, Devan Downey had the winning basket with 50 seconds left one the clock. USC pulling of the win, 78-77. (13-8, 4-3 Southeastern Conference)